Azed Competition Puzzle Reviews by Dr Watson

Azed Competition Puzzle Reviews
by Dr Watson

No.	Date	Title	Clue word
2356	6 Aug 2017	‘Playfair’	PUBLIC SERVANT
2351	2 Jul 2017	Plain	RHAGADES
2347	4 Jun 2017	Plain	ASLEEP
2343	7 May 2017	‘Printer’s Devilry’	RESTORE
2338	2 Apr 2017	Plain	TRUMP
2334	5 Mar 2017	Plain	ALLELUIAH
2330	5 Feb 2017	‘Right & Left’	BRAZEN / MOPISH
2325	1 Jan 2017	Plain	MASON
2324	18 Dec 2016	‘MSUSMXOFTYKB’	CELEBRATIONS
2322	4 Dec 2016	Plain	VENTRICOSE
2318	6 Nov 2016	‘Please to remember…’	TIMENOPENNY (TIMENOGUY)
2313	2 Oct 2016	Plain	PERFECT
2309	4 Sep 2016	Plain	GLOBETROTTER
2305	7 Aug 2016	‘Wrong Number’	AGREE def. PATCH
2300	3 Jul 2016	Plain	MISHMASH
2296	5 Jun 2016	Plain	IMPROPERLY
2291	1 May 2016	‘Printer’s Devilry’	AVESTA
2287	3 Apr 2016	Plain	VALET
2283	6 Mar 2016	Plain	BARGAIN
2279	7 Feb 2016	‘Cherchez la Femme’	CLEMENTINE
2274	3 Jan 2016	Plain	SIMPATICO
2272	20 Dec 2015	‘Snowflake’	SNOWMOBILE
2270	6 Dec 2015	Plain	FENESTRA
2265	1 Nov 2015	Plain	ESPRIT FORT
2261	4 Oct 2015	Plain	GANGSTERLAND
2257	6 Sep 2015	‘Right & Left’	BUST-UP / PIT-PAT
2250	19 Jul 2015	‘27 Across’	MILESTONE (with missing O)
2248	5 Jul 2015	Plain	WAISTLINE
2244	7 Jun 2015	Plain	AVANT-GARDISTE
2239	3 May 2015	‘Spoonerisms’	ERADIATE
2235	5 Apr 2015	Plain	CHOCK-A-BLOCK
2230	1 Mar 2015	Plain	GATES OF DEATH
2226	1 Feb 2015	‘Playfair’	DOUBLE-PARKING
2222	4 Jan 2015	Plain	OBJECT LESSON
2220	21 Dec 2014	‘Christmas Crackers’	A twelve-letter ‘Christmas cracker’
2218	7 Dec 2014	Plain	FOREIGNER
2213	2 Nov 2014	Plain	SOLECISM
2209	5 Oct 2014	‘Letters Latent’	(O)CT(O)BER
2205	7 Sep 2014	Plain	CUMBERSOME
2200	3 Aug 2014	Plain	BRINDISI
2196	6 Jul 2014	‘Overlaps’	SEMANTRA / TRABEATE
2191	1 Jun 2014	Plain	PLUG
2187	4 May 2014	Plain	WEST
2183	6 Apr 2014	‘Eightsome Reels’	SANGRAIL
2178	2 Mar 2014	Plain	PARISON
2174	2 Feb 2014	‘Printer’s Devilry’	CHARET
2170	5 Jan 2014	Plain	SAYONARA
2168	22 Dec 2013	‘A Christmas Crossword Celebration’	CENTURY (with missing C)
2165	1 Dec 2013	Plain	OUT OF ORDER
2161	3 Nov 2013	Plain	FARRAGO
2157	6 Oct 2013	‘Carte Blanche’	MELODRAMATIC
2152	1 Sep 2013	Plain	STUFFED SHIRT
2148	4 Aug 2013	Plain	ZOLLVEREIN
2144	7 Jul 2013	‘Spoonerisms’	INFERNO
2139	2 Jun 2013	Plain	DE RIGUEUR
2135	5 May 2013	Plain	LOB
2131	7 Apr 2013	‘Right & Left’	DIVES / MALIK
2126	3 Mar 2013	Plain	DESPERATE
2122	3 Feb 2013	Plain	NICETY
2118	6 Jan 2013	Plain	BLOKEISH
2116	23 Dec 2012	‘Christmas Devilry’	YULETIDE (with jumble of COMEDO)
2113	2 Dec 2012	Plain	PICAROON
2109	4 Nov 2012	Plain	THICKETY
2105	7 Oct 2012	‘Collisions’	TITANIC / ICEBERG
2100	2 Sep 2012	Plain	A STITCH IN TIME
2096	5 Aug 2012	Plain	TRICK
2091	1 Jul 2012	Plain	SNIFTER
2087	3 Jun 2012	Plain	ROCKET
2083	6 May 2012	Plain	BEWITCH
2078	1 Apr 2012	‘Either/Or’	RÉCOLLET
2074	4 Mar 2012	‘Forty Years On’	BENNET
2070	5 Feb 2012	‘Jigsaw’	MISTREATMENT
2065	1 Jan 2012	Plain	DERMESTIDAE
2064	18 Dec 2011	‘DNKA ILSL STORME’	COLD TURKEY
2062	4 Dec 2011	Plain	APPLE-KNOCKER
2058	6 Nov 2011	Plain	ROBUST
2053	2 Oct 2011	‘Wrong Number’	PERISHER def. ESTIMATE
2049	4 Sep 2011	Plain	PARTY-POOPER
2045	7 Aug 2011	Plain	CATENATE
2040	3 Jul 2011	‘Printer’s Devilry’	EASTER
2036	5 Jun 2011	Plain	AL CONTO
2031	1 May 2011	Plain	EMBROIDERY
2027	3 Apr 2011	Plain	THRENETICAL
2023	6 Mar 2011	Plain	CHAMBRANLE
2019	6 Feb 2011	‘Right and Left’	OVERAWE / HENOTIC
2014	2 Jan 2011	Plain	HACKETTE
2012	19 Dec 2010	‘Christmas is Coming’	BLOATING
2010	5 Dec 2010	‘A Score and a Half’	A COMING OF AGE
2006	7 Nov 2010	‘Spoonerisms’	GROAN
2000	26 Sep 2010	‘Azed No. 2,000’	TWO THOUSAND
1997	5 Sep 2010	Plain	FADO
1992	1 Aug 2010	Plain	FOULARD
1988	4 Jul 2010	Plain	PERIQUE
1984	6 Jun 2010	‘Doublethink’	ORWEL(L)IAN
1979	2 May 2010	Plain	FAR-OUT
1975	4 Apr 2010	Plain	SEPTENTRIONAL
1971	7 Mar 2010	Plain	WATERMANSHIP
1967	7 Feb 2010	‘Playfair’	SUBORDINATELY
1962	3 Jan 2010	Plain	ANADEM
1960	20 Dec 2009	‘Christmas Parcels’	NGANA (3 defs + letter mixture)
1958	6 Dec 2009	Plain	HANGDOG
1953	1 Nov 2009	‘Misprints’	TRAUMA (misprint of T)
1949	4 Oct 2009	Plain	PALFRENIER
1945	6 Sep 2009	Plain	PRISON
1940	2 Aug 2009	‘Wrong Number’	SCANT def. SNEAP
1936	5 Jul 2009	Plain	LITMUS TEST
1932	7 Jun 2009	Plain	NINE-TO-FIVE
1927	3 May 2009	‘Spoonerisms’	TONSURE
1923	5 Apr 2009	Plain	ELLIPTIC
1918	1 Mar 2009	Plain	PALAMPORE
1914	1 Feb 2009	‘Letters Latent’	VE(S)TAL
1910	4 Jan 2009	Plain	BARPERSON
1908	21 Dec 2008	‘Christmas Carol’	WE THREE KINGS
1906	7 Dec 2008	‘For CJM at 80’	MORSE
1901	2 Nov 2008	‘Jigsaw’	SANITISE
1897	5 Oct 2008	Plain	WASH-OUT
1893	7 Sep 2008	Plain	EARTHY
1888	3 Aug 2008	‘Printer’s Devilry’	RASTER
1884	6 Jul 2008	Plain	FREELOADER
1879	1 Jun 2008	Plain	LITTER BASKET
1875	4 May 2008	‘Up and Down’	GOUTTE / UPREAR
1871	6 Apr 2008	Plain	FAIRY GOLD
1866	2 Mar 2008	Plain	BINGE
1862	3 Feb 2008	‘Spoonerisms’	UNALIKE
1858	6 Jan 2008	Plain	HUMONGOUS
1856	23 Dec 2007	‘Four in One’	LITAS
1853	2 Dec 2007	Plain	ANTIQUITARIAN
1849	4 Nov 2007	Plain	AUXESIS
1845	7 Oct 2007	Plain	UPBRAID
1840	2 Sep 2007	‘Give and Take’	W(I)NN(I)E-THE-POOH
1836	5 Aug 2007	Plain	POSTHASTE
1831	1 Jul 2007	Plain	MARGINALIA
1827	3 Jun 2007	‘Wrong Number’	AMAKOSI def. DENUDED
1823	6 May 2007	Plain	KISS
1818	1 Apr 2007	‘5 Down’	POISSO(N) D’AVRIL
1814	4 Mar 2007	Plain	HIPSTER
1810	4 Feb 2007	‘New Year Resolutions’	HARE / POSEUR / SERINETTE
1806	7 Jan 2007	Plain	INEBRIANT
1804	24 Dec 2006	‘A Ghost Ruse’	CLOTHES SENSE
1801	3 Dec 2006	Plain	RUSE DE GUERRE
1797	5 Nov 2006	Plain	HEART
1792	1 Oct 2006	‘Right and Left’	APPALOOSA / ESTAMINET
1788	3 Sep 2006	Plain	ETHEREAL OILS
1784	6 Aug 2006	Plain	TEARAWAY
1779	2 Jul 2006	‘Misprints’	NEWIE (misprint of U)
1775	4 Jun 2006	Plain	ROUGH-AND-READY
1771	7 May 2006	Plain	PARTERRE
1766	2 Apr 2006	‘Printer’s Devilry’	GEST
1762	5 Mar 2006	Plain	DUDDERY
1758	5 Feb 2006	‘Carte Blanche’	BIMBETTE
1753	1 Jan 2006	Plain	DIAGONAL
1752	18 Dec 2005	‘Mixed Foursomes’	MIDWINTER
1750	4 Dec 2005	‘Smoke Poles’	PLOUGHMAN
1746	6 Nov 2005	Plain	ENTOMIC
1741	2 Oct 2005	‘One Across’	LORD NELSON
1737	4 Sep 2005	Plain	ANIMUS
1733	7 Aug 2005	Plain	PALESTRA
1728	3 Jul 2005	‘Wrong Number’	EIDOLA def. NULLAH
1724	5 Jun 2005	Plain	MONEYBAGS
1719	1 May 2005	Plain	ANHELATION
1715	3 Apr 2005	‘Up and Down’	RELEASE / RASPING
1711	6 Mar 2005	Plain	MINUS
1707	6 Feb 2005	‘Rum Exits’	GALENA
1702	2 Jan 2005	Plain	WORDSMITHERY
1700	19 Dec 2004	‘The Spirit of Christmas?’	FIVE-O’CLOCK SHADOW
1698	5 Dec 2004	Plain	CROSSTIE
1694	7 Nov 2004	Plain	MISINTERPRET
1689	3 Oct 2004	Plain	SYNOD
1685	5 Sep 2004	‘Printer’s Devilry’	MINO
1680	1 Aug 2004	Plain	PILLOW-CUP
1676	4 Jul 2004	Plain	CRINGE-MAKING
1672	6 Jun 2004	‘Spoonerisms’	IMPASTOS
1667	2 May 2004	Plain	CLARINI
1663	4 Apr 2004	Plain	ARMAMENTARIA
1654	1 Feb 2004	‘Overlaps’	CRESCENT / ENTHRALS
1650	4 Jan 2004	Plain	SAPHENA
1648	21 Dec 2003	‘GRNAR EIGCUIM’	MAGIC LANTERN
1646	7 Dec 2003	Plain	BLACK
1641	2 Nov 2003	Plain	GADGETEER
1637	5 Oct 2003	Plain	AMNESIC
1633	7 Sep 2003	‘Right and Left’	EMPATRON / WINTERLY
1628	3 Aug 2003	Plain	ENCOMION
1624	6 Jul 2003	Plain	BELAY
1619	1 Jun 2003	‘Printer’s Devilry’	GISMO
1615	4 May 2003	Plain	RUGATE
1611	6 Apr 2003	Plain	LEISLER
1606	2 Mar 2003	‘Overlaps’	TEOSINTE / INTELSAT
1602	2 Feb 2003	Plain	FENESTRA
1598	5 Jan 2003	Plain	PHRASEMONGER
1596	22 Dec 2002	‘Christmas & Its Charms’	GENISTA
1593	1 Dec 2002	Plain	MANSUETE
1589	3 Nov 2002	Plain	JOKESMITH
1585	6 Oct 2002	Plain	SHIATSU
1580	1 Sep 2002	‘Wrong Number’	MARGENT def. BEETLES
1576	4 Aug 2002	Plain	FACADE
1572	7 Jul 2002	Plain	SHIELD-MAY
1567	2 Jun 2002	‘Corgis in Castle’	QUEEN
1559	7 Apr 2002	Plain	THEOLOGASTER
1554	3 Mar 2002	‘Theme and Variations’	PEARL
1550	3 Feb 2002	‘Jigsaw’	MEMORITER
1546	6 Jan 2002	Plain	TRANSPARENT
1544	23 Dec 2001	‘Christmas Devilry’	PATROL (with jumble of RAPTORES)
1541	2 Dec 2001	Plain	CHUPRASSY
1537	4 Nov 2001	Plain	CAFTAN
1533	7 Oct 2001	Plain	MASTER-MARINER
1528	2 Sep 2001	‘Spoonerisms’	STROP
1524	5 Aug 2001	Plain	INGRATITUDE
1519	1 Jul 2001	Plain	CARRY-ON
1506	1 Apr 2001	‘———’	BARE(-)BONES
1502	4 Mar 2001	Plain	RAPPEL